Scrub Scout Nurse, General Surgery | Brisbane North QLD | Permanent Full Time
Up to $***** per hour depending on pay point
Our client is looking to hire two Scrub Scout Nurses for general surgery, on a permanent full-time basis.
About the Facility
A private day hospital in Brisbane's northern suburbs, part of a national day hospitals group operating sites across every mainland state and territory.
The group's theatres cover a broad range of day surgery specialties, and the group has recently introduced a national perioperative education programme for its nursing teams, aligned to ACORN, ACPAN and NSQHS Standards.
The Role
You will scrub and scout on general surgery lists, working to ACORN Standards, taking day-to-day direction from the Nurse Unit Manager or Department Coordinator within a structure that reports to the CEO and Director of Nursing.
This is day surgery, so the list moves.
The hospital is looking for nurses who are versatile and open to picking up other specialties over time.
You are not expected to arrive holding every speciality the theatre runs.
Your responsibilities will include:
Scrubbing and scouting on general surgery lists
Preparing instrumentation, equipment and the sterile field for each case
Maintaining sterile technique and infection control practice throughout




Supporting the surgical team through the procedure and managing counts
Instructing and assisting colleagues in the use of specialised equipment
Maintaining accurate patient and unit records
Contributing to accreditation, quality and safety programmes
Participating in orientation and teaching of new staff
What You Will Need
Current unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
Recent scrub and scout experience in general surgery
Experience in a day surgery or day procedure setting
Working knowledge of ACORN Standards
Current Basic Life Support
Able to meet workforce immunisation requirements
Unrestricted right to work in Australia
What Is On Offer
Up to $***** per hour depending on pay point, under the Nurses' Award ****
Permanent full time appointment
Day surgery hours
Access to a national perioperative education programme with a pathway to speciality certification
Annual education, infection control training and life support training provided
A group with sites across Australia, so internal movement is possible
Chermside, with the Westfield centre, bus interchange and the Gympie Road corridor on the doorstep
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📌 Scrub Scout Nurse, General Surgery | Brisbane North Qld | Permanent Full Time
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